Thyroidtest

[Odbod]

Please can someone tell me the best place to have a complete thyroid blood test done.

[pennyannie]

Hello again :

If you go into the Thyroid uk website, this is the charity who support this forum you can read around all thyroid related health issues and there is section detailing all the private companies who run the blood tests.

Did you manage to get your T3 - Liothyronine reinstated 2 years ago or have you been self medicating, or struggling along on T4 - Levothyroxine.

thyroiduk.org

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Odbod

Presumably you want

TSH

FT4

FT3

Thyroid antibodies

If so then I'd go for the full thyroid/vitamin panel which costs just a little more and you get the key nutrients tested:

Vit D

B12

Folate

Ferritin

Most popular here are

Medichecks ADVANCED THYROID FUNCTION medichecks.com/products/adv...

Check this page for details of any discounts: thyroiduk.org/getting-a-dia...

or

Blue Horizon Thyroid PREMIUM GOLD bluehorizonbloodtests.co.uk...

Check this page for discount code thyroiduk.org/getting-a-dia...

Both tests include the full thyroid and vitamin panel and both can be done by fingerprick at home or, for extra cost, you can arrange phlebotomy. They are basically the same test with just a few small differences:

Blue Horizon includes Total T4 (can be useful but not essential). Medichecks doesn't include this test.

B12 - Blue Horizon does Total B12 which measures bound and unbound (active) B12 but doesn't give a separate result for each. Medichecks does Active B12.

Total B12 shows the total B12 in the blood. Active B12 shows what's available to be taken up by the cells. You can have a reasonable level of Total B12 but a poor level of Active B12. (Personally, I would go for the Active B12 test.)

Blue Horizon include magnesium but this is an unreliable test so don't let this sway your decision, it also tests cortisol but that's a random cortisol test and to make any sense of it you'd need to do it fasting before 9am I believe.

If you've recently had your nutrients tested they both offer just TSH, FT4, FT3 and Thyroid antibodies as a bundle.

If you want just TSH, FT4 and FT3 then there is an NHS lab at Exeter hospital, Monitor My Health, which offers this as a fingerprick only test for £26.10 with code here:

thyroiduk.org/help-and-supp...

If you decide on a fingerprick test and need some tips on how best to do it then I have some I can post, just ask.